Re: [ubuntu-uk] A question for sysadmins

2008-01-09 Thread Martyn
> Rsync server component won't work on Windows will it? Yes, but you need to install cygwin on the Windows box. I've done this at home on XP & Vista and Rsync stuff between these and Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A question for sysadmins

2008-01-09 Thread Alistair Crust
On Tue, 2008-01-08 at 18:48 +, Chris Rowson wrote: > I work in a Windows based IT department (the only Linux stuff we have > is a couple of servers I've put in - and they usually end up getting > replaced with a Windows box sooner or later whether I like it or not > lol), and unfortunately tha

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A question for sysadmins

2008-01-08 Thread Chris Rowson
> The question's already been answered, but I wanted to suggest using > something like rsnapshot. Daily backup's of 10GB will very quickly get > big. Why not use rsnapshot, or one of the various other incremental > backup tools to only copy what has actually changed? > > Kind Regards, > Dave Walk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A question for sysadmins

2008-01-08 Thread Dave Walker
Chris Rowson wrote: > Hello, > > I've got a question about server backups. > > Scenario: You want to perform a daily backup of a web server content > at /var/www/ to a mounted device at /media/netbackup. > > To do this you run a daily job as follows: > > tar cpf /media/netbackup/fullbackup-`dat

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A question for sysadmins

2008-01-08 Thread Chris Rowson
> Running the job as you specified it above, the tar will be created > directly on the mounted device. > > Steve Thanks Steve Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A question for sysadmins

2008-01-08 Thread Stephen Hildrey
Chris Rowson wrote: > Hello, > > I've got a question about server backups. > > Scenario: You want to perform a daily backup of a web server content > at /var/www/ to a mounted device at /media/netbackup. > > To do this you run a daily job as follows: > > tar cpf /media/netbackup/fullbackup-`dat

[ubuntu-uk] A question for sysadmins

2008-01-08 Thread Chris Rowson
Hello, I've got a question about server backups. Scenario: You want to perform a daily backup of a web server content at /var/www/ to a mounted device at /media/netbackup. To do this you run a daily job as follows: tar cpf /media/netbackup/fullbackup-`date '+%d-%B-%Y'`.tar /var/www Your /var/w